1000+ images about Sylvester the cat on Pinterest | Pepsi, Wacky wobbler and Birds Sylvester,the Cat - Thuffering Thuccotash! Friz Freleng's lisping alleycat creation from "Life With Feathers" proved to be possibly Warner's most versatile character, appearing in a stunning number of shorts from his creation until 1965 alongside ju See More 1000+ images about Sylvester & Tweety on Pinterest | Famous cartoons, VW Bugs and Birds Forward But it didn't matter anyway because at that age I knew next to nothing about art. My knowledge of art was limited to knowing who Michelangelo was, that Vincent Van Gogh cut off his ear, and a boy in my class knew how to draw Sylvester The Cat. See More Sylvester the Cat - Sufferin' Succotash! Subscribe To This Site Sylvester the Cat Sylvester J. Pussycat Sr. (A.K.A. Sylvester the Cat) is a beloved Looney Tunes cartoon cat, best known for his lisp. Sylvester is also known for his determination to best his “formidable” adversaries.

Indeed, most of Sylvester the Cat episodes revolve around his battles against his rivals: Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzalez and Hippety Hopper (the baby kangaroo Sylvester thought was a giant mouse). In the end, despite his fierce determination, Sylvester ends up losing. Talk about a sufferin' succotash (Sylvester’s peculiar exclamation). How it all got started Sylvester the Cat was created by Friz Freleng (1906-1995), an American cartoonist, animator and director. Sylvester first appeared in the 1945 short film Life with Feathers. Sylvester and Tweety Bird, his most famous rival, appeared together for the first time in the 1947 Oscar winning cartoon Tweetie Pie. Interestingly, in this cartoon Sylvester was named Thomas. The story of this early film rotates around Sylvester trying to eat Tweety. This premise would be reused in many later episodes starring this pair. Indeed, the relationship between Sylvester and Tweety was that of a cat and his meal. Sylvester spends most of his time devising ways to eat Tweety. However, Tweety always manages to outwit Sylvester.

Other characters Sylvester was paired with include: Elmer Fudd, Wile E. Coyote, and Porky Pig. Sylvester was matched against Speedy Gonzalez several times. These two starred in the movie Here Today, Gone Tamale (1959), among many other cartoons. Sylvester and Porky Pig appeared together in the spooky Scaredy Cat, a 1948 film directed by Chuck Jones. Other characters that also appeared in Sylvester cartoons include: Granny- Tweety Bird’s over protective owner, Hector- Tweety’s bulldog bodyguard, and of course his son, Sylvester Jr. In fact, Sylvester Jr. made his first appearance in the cartoon Pop ‘Im Pop, in which Hippety Hopper (the baby kangaroo) also appeared. Sylvester's trademark voice was provided by Mel Blanc. He also provided Daffy Duck’s voice, which explains the similarities between the voices of both characters. Endings, TV and more Sylvester and Tweety appeared together for the last time in Hawaiian Aye Aye (1964). Sylvester’s last theatrical cartoon was A Taste of Catnip, which was released in 1966.

Sylvester also appeared in the television series Tiny Toon Adventures and The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries (1996-1999). In all, Sylvester starred in over 90 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (Warner Bros.) cartoons. Gift Ideas So what can you buy a devoted Sylvester cartoon fan? You can find posters and prints featuring Sylvester the Cat. This is an excellent gift idea for cat lovers who are also fans of Sylvester. Also, you can easily find Sylvester cartoon memorabilia such as figurines, mugs, stuffed toys, and t-shirts. Another idea is to give the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, which includes the movie Scaredy Cat (1948). Books on Sylvester and Looney Tunes The gift of a book is a great idea for cat lovers who also enjoy a good read. Here are some ideas: Ultimate Looney Tunes by Jerry Beck and Warner Bros Consumer Products Looney Tunes: The Ultimate Visual Guide by Jerry Beck Draw the Looney Tunes by Dan Romanelli Learn to Draw Looney Tunes by Walter Foster Note: All the copyrighted characters mentioned here are trademarks of their owners.

Tweety Bird was born November 21, 1942 He's the little yellow canary bird that is the eternal target of Sylvester the Cat. Tweety usually benefits from either the intercession of outsiders, such as Granny or one of the generic bulldogs that infest WB cartoons, or just plain cartoon laws of gravity and luck. On occasion, and this was particularly true in his first few cartoons, Tweety would take the offensive in protecting himself. Tweety was the creation of Bob Clampett, who had a fascination with baby birds he fondly remembered from nature films, as well as a baby picture of himself he remembered rather less fondly. While WB had had similar birds before, Clampett gave the bird a lisping baby voice, a head proportioned like a baby, and a temperament borrowed perhaps from the Red Skelton character of Junior, the Mean Widdle Kid. In his debut in 1942 Merrie Melodies short "A Tale of Two Kitties" and in the follow-ups "Birdy and the Beast" (1944) and "A Gruesome Twosome" (1945).

This established Tweety's peculiar and appealing personality; a sweetly innocent nature coupled with a willingness to resort to fairly brutal actions to defend himself against the most dangerous forces of the world -- cats. Tweety shows that he is no helpless little orphan, as he uses gasoline, hand grenades, dynamite and clubs to protect himself. In 1947, director Friz Freleng was preparing a cartoon featuring his character Sylvester the cat, with a woodpecker that Freleng had used in a previous short. Originally pink, Tweety was changed to yellow, after censors complained. Clampett did some of the early preliminary work on "Tweetie Pie" before turning the project over to Friz Freleng, who steered it to an Oscar-winning cartoon. The cartoon has caused some confusion in the name of the character. Sometimes the character is referred to as Tweety, but other times the character is referred to as Tweetie Pie, muddying the situation. In "Tree Cornered Tweety", Tweety appears in an Automat window labeled Tweety Pie, right next to the Lemon Pie.

Tweety makes a cameo in "No Barking," saying his catch-phrase "I Taut I Taw a Puddy Tat." Putty Tat has also been spelled Puddy Tat, which is now the officially endorsed spelling. Mel Blanc recorded a hit song "I Taut I Taw a Puddy-Tat" (words and music by Alan Livingston, Billy May and Warren Foster) in 1950. Tweety and Sylvester became an enduring comedy team and appeared in 41 cartoons over the next 40 years. Tweety Bird began his career independent of Sylvester the Cat, who was chasing birds and mice in his own cartoons under the direction of Friz Freleng. Clampett left Warner Brothers in 1947 with a fourth Tweety Bird cartoon in the early stages of production. Freleng wanted to have Sylvester the Cat pursue Tweety Bird, instead of a woodpecker used in an earlier Sylvester cartoon. General Producer, Eddie Seltzer, reportedly didn't like the idea and ordered Freleng not to pair Sylvester with Tweety, but to instead use the woodpecker again.

A heated argument took place and ended with Freleng putting his drafting pencil in Selter's hand and saying, "If you think you know so much, you should be doing it." Freleng walked out of the studio with every intention of resigning from Warner Brothers the next day. Seltzer telephoned Freleng at home that evening and said, "Okay, do it your way." And so it came to be that Freleng directed the first cartoon film that Tweety Bird appeared with Sylvester, as the pet of an elderly woman named Granny. The cartoon was titled "Tweetie Pie", and became such a big hit that it won Freleng his first Oscar. The Oscar was accepted by Seltzer, who then kept the Oscar as his own. This Oscar also happened to be the first Warner Brothers cartoon to win an Oscar! The Tweety and Sylvester team enjoyed a 15 year run in animated features, one of the most successful cartoon series in history.

As the series continued, Freleng introduced new antagonists to broaden the cat-chasing-bird formula including Granny (Tweety's nearsighted owner) and Spike the Bulldog, who provided the tiny canary with some powerful but little-needed assistance. Tweety's innocent ("I taut I Taw a Puddy Tat!"), just-hatched view of the world make the contradictory force of his actions hilarious. Neither malicious nor hostile, Tweety dispatched his predators with startling speed and a wallop that surprised and delighted audiences. Tweety has been a staple of prime time and daytime television animation for over 30 years. He has been the co-star of the Saturday morning series "The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show" on ABC since 1986. Tweety can also be seen weekdays-on Fox's "Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends" and daily on "Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon." A select collection of Tweety's cartoons is also available on videocassettes and laser discs. Tweety is also the spokesperson for "Tweety's Global Patroll", a national education program urging elementary school children to reduce, reuse and recycle.

Joe Alaskey now does the voice of Tweety. Alaskey is also a very talented "on-camera" actor, guest starring on numerous television series, including "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," "Growing Pains," and "Night Court." He served as the voice of Richard Nixon in the Oscar-winning feature film "Forrest Gump," as well as the voice of the oh-so-irreverent Daffy Duck, serving as presenter during the 67th Annual Academy Awards ceremony. Alaskey can also he heard as the voice of Stinkie in Steven Spielberg's "Casper." Tweety and Sylvester continue entertain and capture the hearts of old and young alike. The original Tweety and Sylvester series is even more popular now than when it was originally released. The pair also continues to be seen on "The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries", a show that premiered in 1995. In 1998, the U.S. Postal Service issued a "Sylvester and Tweety" 32-cent commemorative stamp. The stamp was the top selling stamp for 1998.

Facts about 'Tweety' Tweety Bird (Character) - Quotes Tweety Bird (Character) from Tweetie Pie (1947) The content of this page was created by users. It has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. Tweety Bird : I tought I taw - I did! I did! I did tee Michael Jordan! Tweety Bird : Those Monstars'd wished they'd been never born! [Tweety Bird flies through a hole that's just been shot in Sylvester] Tweety Bird : Feed me! Feed me! Sylvester : Feed you? Feed me! Bugs : You wanna play a little one on one, doll? Lola Bunny : [angrily, with fire in her eyes] Doll? Bugs : [with hearts over his head] Uh huh. Tweety Bird : Ooo, she's hot. [Touches his rear and steam appears with a hissing sound] Bugs : I got it, I got it! [she spins around him, he winds up into a knot and she makes a basket] Michael Jordan : The girl's got skills. Bugs : [Lola comes over to him seductively] Yes?

Lola Bunny : Don't ever call me "doll". [blows her ears out of her face] Tweety : I tawt I taw a putty tat! [last lines] Tweety : Turn out those lights! [Catstello is hanging from a wire by one foot; Tweety is jumping on his toes] Catstello : Hey, cut it out! Cut it out, pigeon! Don't do that! Tweety : [pulls off one toe] This widdle piddy went to market... [falls] Tweety : Well, whatdya know, I wan out of piddies. Tweety : Hewwo? Fourth Interceptive Command? I tee an unidentified fwying object fwying awound my widdle head. Tweety : Aw, da poor puddytat. He cah-wushed his widdle head. Tweety : Aw, the poor puddy tat! He fall down and go... BOOM! Tweety : I taught I taw a putty tat. [last lines] Tweety : You know, I get wid of more putty tats dat way! Putty Tat : [holding a grenade, thinking it's Tweety] I got it!

I got it! Tweety : He got it, and he can have it. [off-screen explosion] [after crashing the "train", i.e. Sylvester, into a brick wall] Tweety : Uh-oh! Wrecked the putty tat. [to the audience] Tweety : You know, I lose more putty tats that way! Tweety : [as Sylvester is bouncing up to the birdhouse on a trampoline] Bad ol' putty tat! [Hits him in the head] Tweety : You fwighten me! [Sprays seltzer in his face] Tweety : You make my widdle heart qwiver! [Sylvester wears a helmet this time. As he rockets down, he sticks his tongue out at Tweety] Tweety : [the next time he comes up, Tweety puts a stick of dynamite into the helmet, which explodes offscreen] Bad ol' putty tat! Tweety : [in Sylvester's ear] Goody-goody for me, I is runnin' a choo-choo twain!

[pulls a cord, and a whistle blows] Tweety : That bad ol' putty tat never gonna find me in here. Tweety : Ooh, what a hypotwit. [last lines] [the Captain notices Sylvester falling from the sky] Ship Captain : I tawt I taw a putty tat. [Sylvester lands right on the captain's head, knocking him out] Tweety , Granny : You did! You did tee a putty tat! [Granny takes a captain's hat and blows the ship's foghorn] [Tweety discovers Sylvester leaning over the side of the ship] Tweety : Oh, there you are. Did you lose something, putty? [Sylvester is revealed to be seasick, as his face is completely green] Tweety : Oh-ho-ho! That's a good trick! I wish I could turn green like that! [Sylvester just stares at Tweety, hopelessly ill] Tweety : Aw, you need something in your tummy, putty tat - a nice, fat, juicy piece of salt pork! Sylvester : [Suddenly nauseous] Salt p-por...

[Sylvester runs madly for the first aid room] Tweety : Aw! The poor putty tats! They faw down and go boom! [last lines] Tweety : I get wid of more putty tats dat way! Tweety : I tat I taw a puddytat. I tat I taw another puddytat. I did, I did! I taw two puddytats. Have you two puddytats met? Tweety : What are you gonna do, puddy tat? Sylvester : What am I gonna do? [to the audience] Sylvester : How naive can ya get? [to Tweety] Desk Clerk : [on a loudspeaker] Attention, everyone, someone has pets in this house, and I want them outta here immediately! [many animals run out of the hotel and Desk Clerk gets run over by them] Desk Clerk : I tawt I taw a putty tat! Tweety : [in a jar] You did! You did! You taw a putty tat, a moo-moo tow, a big gorilla, a giddyup horsey, and a wittle monkey.

[Tweety goes into Sylvester's mouth and uses it as an elevator and comes up with a mouse] Tweety : Thomas Jefferson? He's not Pwesident anymore. He's dead! Mouse : Dead? I didn't even know he was sick. Snow Business (1953) [last lines] [while Sylvester is eating bird seed, the mouse pours milk on Sylvester's tail and adds a sprinkle of sugar] Tweety : Do you like it, putty? [the mouse bites down on Sylvester's tail, causing him to howl in pain and fly into the air, crashing down on his bowl of seed] Tweety : Oh, come now! It can't be *that* bad. Radio Reporter : The recent blizzard has snowbound the mountain areas. The state highway patrol reports that all roads to the mountains may be closed for six weeks. Sylvester : Six weeks? I'll starve! [goes to the kitchen and opens the fridge, finding nothing but bird seed] Sylvester : [opens the cupboard, which has the same contents as the fridge] Seed? Tweety : Hey, putty tat! I found lots of food!

[Sylvester runs excitedly to the pantry, only to discover that it is also stuffed with bird seed] Tweety : We don't have to worry, putty. There's enough food for a long time. Sylvester : I'm a cat! I've gotta have cat food! Tweety : Aw, poor putty tat. We've got to find something for you to eat. Let's see, what do putty tats like to eat... Sylvester : Well, let's see, there's liver, and there's fish, and there's, uh... there's, uh... [stares menacingly at Tweety] Tweety : And then there's what, putty? What else is there? Sylvester : Never mind, never mind. I got it solved. [runs to the kitchen] Tweety : Oh, Mr. Putty tat. Don't you wike me anymore? Sylvester : I think... I think... I think you're... I think you're... *delicious!* [last lines] [Eddie is hanging on to a flagpole with Tweety Bird's nest on top] Tweety : Oh, wook, piddies!

Tweety : This wittle piddy went to market. [lifts one of Eddie's fingers from the pole] Tweety : This wittle piddy stayed home. [lifts another one] Tweety : This wittle piddy had woast beef... [lifts another one] Tweety : [wincing] And *this* wittle piddy - had... [Eddie falls] Catty Cornered (1953) [last lines] Mayor : We are gathered here today to pay homage to this magnificent cat... who fought his natural instincts to save this little bird. Yes - and now, gentlemen, you may take your pictures of the cat kissing the little bird. [holds Tweety down to Sylvester] Mayor : Come on, cat. Kiss the little birdie. Tweety : [encouragingly] Come on, puddy tat. Kiss the wittle birdie! [Sylvester eats Tweety, the mayor slaps him on the head to push Tweety out, and he falls to the ground] Tweety : Ooh, he's a bad puddy tat!

All a Bir-r-r-d (1950) Tweety Bird : [singing and swinging in his cage] I'm a tweet wittle birdie in a guilded cage/ Tweety's my name, but I don't know my age/ I don't have to worry and that is that/ I'm safe in there from that ole puddy tat. [stops singing and swinging and sees Sylvester] Tweety Bird : I tawt I taw a puddy tat. [looks again] Tweety Bird (Character) - Comic Vine Tweety Bird 35 appearances The Tweety Bird wiki last edited by fables87 on 01/25/15 05:10PM View full history Tweety Bird is an Iconic cartoon character. He, like Bugs Bunny , puts a spin on nature, as his main enemy is Sylvester , a cat. Despite that, he defeats the cat every time. His wings, agility, and most of all his cleverness, saves him from being catfood every time. The pairing of Sylvester and Tweety was one of the most notable pairings.

Most of the cartoons followed a standard formula: The hungry "putty tat" wanting to eat the bird, some major obstacle stands in his way-usually Granny or her bulldog Hector Tweety says "I tawt I taw a putty tat!" and "I did, I did taw a putty tat!" Sylvester spends the entire time progressively more elaborate schemes or devices to capture his meal and failing. Latest Images Close This edit will also create new pages on Comic Vine for: Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Make sure this is what you intended. This will likely increase the time it takes for your changes to go live. Comment and Save Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Comic Vine users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved. Save your changes Thanks, we're checking your submission. Whoah, whoah... slow down there. Thanks! Your changes are live! Some of your changes are live Because you're new to wiki editing, we sent your submission off to our moderators to check it over. Most changes are approved within a few hours.

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Coyote as well as Sylvester/Tweety are parodies of Tom and Jerry. In The Wild Chase , Sylvester is paired with Wile E. Coyote while they both try to catch Speedy Gonzales and Road Runner. As usual they both fail. He shows a different character when paired with Porky Pig in explorations of spooky places, in which he doesn't speak, as a scaredy cat. (In these cartoons, he basically plays the terrified Costello to Porky's oblivious Abbott.) Sylvester's most developed role is as a hapless mouse-catching instructor to his dubious son, Sylvester Junior , in which the "mouse" is a powerful baby kangaroo named " Hippety Hopper ". His alternately confident and bewildered episodes bring his son to shame, while Sylvester himself is reduced to nervous breakdowns. He is often referred to as a putty tat by Tweety and Senor Gringo Pussygato by Speedy Gonzales. His famous catchphrase is "Sufferin' Succotash" which is said to be a minced saying for "Suffering Misses" (Daffy also says it from time to time).

Sylvester's trademark is his sloppy, yet stridulating lisp. In his autobiography, That's Not All Folks!, voice actor Mel Blanc stated that Sylvester's voice is based on that of Daffy Duck , plus the even more slobbery lisp it gets and minus the post-production speed-up that was done with Daffy's. Daffy's lisp, as well as Sylvester's, were based on the lisp of producer Leon Schlesinger . However, Blanc made no such claim. He said that Daffy's lisp was based on him having a long beak, and that he borrowed the voice for Sylvester. He also pointed out that, minus the lisp, Sylvester's voice was fairly close to his own (a claim that his son Noel Blanc has confirmed). In addition, director Bob Clampett , in a 1970 Funnyworld interview, agreed with Blanc's account concerning Schlesinger . To emphasize the lisp, as with Daffy's catchphrase "You're desthpicable", Sylvester's trademark exclamation is "Sufferin' succotash!", which is said to be a minced oath of "Suffering Savior".

(Daffy also says "Sufferin' succotash!" from time to time.) Friz Freleng -directed episodes Sylvester first appeared (in his present form) in the 1945 short Life with Feathers , which was directed by Friz Freleng. Although this was his first official appearance, there was a claim that in Notes to You, there was a prototypical version of him. Sylvester's first official appearance with Tweety was in the 1947 short Tweetie Pie where he tries to eat Tweety but gets punished. In the film-shorts, he usually gets clobbered by Granny or Hector the Bulldog whenever he tries to eat Tweety. Other than Tweety, he also chases Speedy Gonzales , but Speedy would cause a pain for him. He also appears with Elmer J. Fudd in some cartoons. The pair's cartoons lasted from 1947 to 1954, shortly before the closure of the Warner Bros. studio. Sylvester and Tweety became one of the most well-known pairings in Looney Tunes, next to Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck .

Some of their episodes have won or were nominated for Academy Awards. Trivia Sylvester's name is a pun on silvestris, the scientific name for the wild cat, the ancestor of domestic cats, as well as a rare name for kids (including actor Sylvester Stallone ). In his early appearances he was unnamed but until then his original name was Thomas in Tweetie Pie , most likely as a reference to Tom and Jerry, with Tom's full name being Thomas. Sylvester is one of the few major characters that was never voiced by Greg Burson . The other ones are Speedy Gonzales , Marvin the Martian , Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner . Quotes "Sufferin' succotash.

What a perfect time for me to go on a diet." "I need to take 'birds' off of my diet litht; that one went right through me." ~ A Bird In A Guilty Cage Junior: "Did you give him his jutht desserts, Father?" Sylvester: "No, he doesn't like desserts." ~ Cats A-Weigh Tweety: "I wonder where that puddy tat went to?" Sylvester [swinging on wooden swing, flattened by rock-crusher]: "Does thith anthwer your question?" "Eep." "Give me about a 20-second lead, then follow me." ''[catches Tweety, then spends 15 seconds unsuccessfully attempting to eat him before getting attacked]'' "Oh, stupid mercenary pussycats!" ~ Tweety's High Flying Adventure "Help! Pussycat overboard!" ~ Tweety's High Flying Adventure Other media In the Adventure Time episode "Ignition Point," in the scene where Jake and Finn are face-to-face with the cook, Jake says, "Sufferin' succotash," Sylvester's famous line. History and Famous Cats: Sylvester the Cat History and Famous Cats Sylvester the Cat Sylvester J.

Pussycat Senior is an animated cat who appears in several Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons, often chasing Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales, or Hippety Hopper. The name "Sylvester" is a play on silvestris, the scientific name for the cat species. The character's prototype appeared in Bob Clampett's 1941 cartoon The Hep Cat who had no name, but resembled Sylvester (although without the lisp). The character got his permanent look in the 1945 short film Life With Feathers. In the 1947 cartoon Tweetie Pie (which was the both the first pairing of Tweety with Sylvester as well as the first Warner Bros. cartoon to win an Academy Award), Sylvester was called Thomas. Sylvester's trademark was his sloppy, stridulating lisp (which, like Daffy Duck's, was based on producer Leon Schlesinger's). His sloppy voice was provided by voice acting legend Mel Blanc. Blanc reveals in his autobiography that Sylvester's voice and Daffy's were identical, but Daffy's was sped up in post-production.

Sylvester's trademark exclamation is "Sufferin' succotash!", which is a minced oath/euphemism of "Suffering Savior". Sylvester is an adorable tuxedo cat who shows much pride in himself, and never gives up. Despite (or perhaps because of) his pride and persistence, Sylvester was definitely on the "loser" side of the Looney Tunes winner/loser hierarchy. His character was basically that of Wile E. Coyote while he was chasing mice or birds. He shows a different character when paired with Porky Pig in explorations of spooky places, in which he doesn't speak as a scaredy cat. (In these cartoons, he basically plays the terrified Costello to Porky's oblivious Abbott). Sylvester's most developed role is as hapless mouse-catching instructor to his dubious son, Sylvester Junior, in which the "mouse" is a powerful baby kangaroo. His alternately confident and bewildered episodes bring his son to shame, while Sylvester himself is reduced to nervous breakdowns. According to his son Noel Blanc, out of the hundreds of characters Mel Blanc had voiced, Sylvester was the closest to his natural voice. Just without the lisp.

Sylvester the cat was created by Friz Freleng for the 1945 cartoon "Life With Feathers", in which a henpecked lovebird tries to commit suicide by having Sylvester eat him. The cat's very first words were "Thufferin' Thuccotash", uttered again and again throughout the cat's career. Sylvester was designed to look like a clown, explaining the big red nose and low crotch, designed to look like a clown nose and baggy pants. The voice was that of Mel Blanc as Daffy Duck, only not sped up. In 1947, Sylvester was paired with an infamous character created by Bob Clampett, named Tweety Bird. In the first pairing, a cartoon called "Tweetie Pie", once again directed by Freleng, Sylvester is a jealous housecat, trying to eat Tweety, a concept which would continue for countless cartoons. The short won WB animation its first Academy Award, and instantly the characters were a perfect team. Later the series would introduce audiences to Granny, Tweety's owner, and Hector, Tweety's bulldog bodyguard.

Producer of the studio at the time, Edward Selzer, had suggested that Friz Frelelng not use Tweety but instead start using the little woodpecker from the earlier Sylvester solo cartoon "Peck Up You Troubles" (1945) as Sylvester's chief nemesis. Selzer was notorious for having no sense of humor or funny ideas, so Freleng decided that Tweety had to be the right character. However, aside from the tweety series, Sylvester was one of the most versatile characters in Warner Bros. cartoons, starring in many other cartoons without Tweety. Sylvester remained one of the studio's most useful characters, with a filmography rivaling that of Bugs Bunny and a costar list to match. The cat was paired with Tweety most often, but had other encounters with characters such as Speedy Gonzales, Spike and Chester, Porky Pig, Hippety Hopper, Foghorn Leghorn, Elmer Fudd, and Wile E. Coyote.

Sylvester was used not only by his creator, Freleng, but also by Bob Clampett in "Kitty Kornered", Arthur Davis, for the cartoons "Doggone Cats" and "A Hick, A Slick, and a Chick", Chuck Jones in "Scaredy Cat", "Claws for Alarm" and others, and Robert McKimson, who created Hippety Hopper and Sylvester Junior and directed many Speedy Gonzales cartoons starring the lisping cat. Here is a Looney Tunes character that has become forgotten in recent years. Sylvester's annoying little son, Sylvester Junior, is often seen in the classic shorts hunting mice with his father, only to be embarrassed and forced to put a paper bag over his head, with the line "Oh, the shame of it all!" Junior was created by Robert McKimson, for the cartoon "Pop 'Im, Pop!" . This cartoon was one in a long-running series of cartoons featuring the kangaroo Hippety Hopper, whom Sylvester always mistakes for a giant mouse. Sylvester would often meet Hippety solo, without Junior, however the chemistry always worked better when Junior was added.

In several cartoons, such as "Birds of a Father" and "Goldimouse and the Three Cats", (the latter of which was the only Junior cartoon directed by Friz Freleng) the father/son team were without Hippety. These are overlooked masterpieces, and thought by LT fans to be far superior to the Hippety Hopper series. When McKimson created Junior, he looked at the designs of Sylvester used by his unit, and decided that Junior should not look like a child, but be a scaled-down version of his father, identical except for size. The personality was a parody of radio, movie and later TV comedies involving fathers and sons, (mainly "Father Knows Best") most all of which were extremely wordy, sappy and corny.. Usually, the father was idolized by the son, as in the cartoons. Sylvester seemed to fit perfectly into that picture, creating the perfect dysfunctional father-and-son team. Chuck Jones directed Sylvester in four cartoons in the classic era. All but one focused on the concept of Sylvester as Porky Pig's pet cat, and noticing dangerous situations which Porky Pig is completely oblivious to.

In "Scaredy Cat" (1948), Porky rents an abandoned mansion, which turns out to be infested with Hubie and Bertie (Chuck Jones' mouse team usually seen with Claude Cat) and other mice, all trying to murder the cat and pig. Jones directed Sylvester as the evil Duke in "The Scarlet Pumpernickle" (1950), a parody of "The Scarlet Pimpernel" starring Daffy Duck. The "murderous mice" plot continued in 1954, in "Claws For Alarm". In this cartoon, Porky decides to stay in the "Dry Gulch Hotel", not realizing that it is a condemned inn in a middle-of-nowhere ghost town. The next year, Jones directed one final Porky and Sylvester cartoon, 1955's "Jumpin' Jupiter", in which a birdlike Martian from Marvin Martian's army lands in Porky's campground. Sylvester also was Speedy Gonzales' chief nemesis.. Before the Warner Animation department's closing in 1964, Friz Freleng and Robert McKimson directed the entire Speedy Gonzales series, and both directors employed Sylvester very often.

The cat's cunning evil streak and sneaky tendencies would serve him well in this series, but Speedy Gonzales always stayed one step ahead of him.. Sylvester's final appearance alongside Tweety was 1964's "Hawaiian Aye Aye", the only Sylvester and Tweety teamup to be directed by Gerry Chiniquy. All previous cartoons in the series had been directed by Friz Freleng. After this cartoon, Tweety was never used again in a theatrical cartoon. The Warner Brothers cartoon department closed and reopened as DePatie/Freleng Enterprises in late 1964, and the studio was best known for the series of "Pink Panther" movie titles and cartoon series. Sylvester was used for a while in a series of limited-animation shorts, all involving Speedy Gonzales. Sylvester's final appearance in a theatrical cartoon was McKimson's "A Taste Of Catnip" (1966), in which Daffy Duck, living near a catnip factory, suddenly gets the urge to chase Speedy Gonzales. When he decides to eliminate the problem by blowing up the factory, Sylvester and other cats attack him.

This was one of many Daffy and Speedy teamups, each one with a different reason for a duck to chase a mouse. Sylvester was then never used again until the 1969 closing of the studio, presumably due to the limited theatrical market, with the favorite characters of that market being Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales. Sylvester later starred in "The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries", a half-hour series on the WB network from 1996 to 1999. This series was, unfortunately, not very funny, but featured cameos by countless lesser-known Looney Tunes characters, and very creative background designs patterned after the late 1950's shorts with UPA-influenced, abstract scenery. Joe Alaskey replaced the late Mel Blanc as the voice of Tweety and Sylvester, and June Foray returned as the original voice of Granny. Also in 1996, Sylvester, Tweety, and Hippety Hopper appeared in the movie "Space Jam", a live action and animation basketball adventure starring Michael Jordan.

Sylvester also became a regular in commercials after this time, appearing in a series of Space-Jam themed ads with Jordan "keeping in touch" with his cartoon pals. Sylvester's role in a Miracle Whip mayonainse commercial even got him nominated for an animation award in 2000. Most of the Sylvester and Tweety classic shorts have been airing on Television since the 1960's, and since the 1980's have made up the majority of the content of ABC's "The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show." Sylvester cartoons have aired on many networks and cable channels, including CBS, ABC, TNT, TBS, Nickelodeon, the WB, and Cartoon Network. However, in fall 2000 ABC gave up the rights to air the "Bugs and Tweety" show, which is the last non-cable package of Warner Brothers cartoons on US television. By 2001, all Warner Brothers classic animation became the exclusive property of the Cartoon Network, Sylvester included.

Viewers who get CN and did not receive the "Bugs and Tweety Show" (It was often carried at ridiculous hours or pre-empted by Disney or football programming) can rejoice, as an entirely new selection of cartoons, many of them starring Sylvester, Tweety, and Sylvester Jr., will become available for viewing. Cartoon TV packages and series die, but the Looney Tunes cartoons have proven again and again that enduring characters like Sylvester (and Bugs and Tweety and Elmer and Daffy and Wile E.,and Foghorn Leghorn and many others) don't. Sylvester is possibly the most diverse cartoon character ever created. On 24th of March 1945, Isadore "Friz" Freleng (21.8.1905-26.5.1995), an animator-director in Termite Terrace animation studios, gives birth to a "puddy tat" called Sylvester. Sylvester was formally designed to resemble a clown - that's the reason of his red nose and low crutch. These strong characteristics were reduced soon afterwards, to make animation of Sylvester more comfortable.

Sylvester's first lispy words "Thufferin Thuccotash!" dubbed by the talented voice actor Mel Blanc became his trademark almost immediately. Sylvester's voice was essentially a voice of Daffy Duck, without the pitch effect. Sylvester J. Pussycat debuts in "Life with Feathers" with a suicidal parrot, and receives his first Oscar-nomination. In 1948, Sylvester meets Hippety Hopper, a baby kangaroo whom he mistook for a giant mouse. The same year, Sylvester appeared in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies comic book. Sylvester Junior was introduced in "Pop im Pop" in 1950. In 1955, Sylvester plays against Speedy Gonzales, the fastest mouse of Mexico. And of course, from 1947 to 1964, his best-know role against Tweety bird (also known as Tweety Pie) with two Oscars and a third nomination. Sylvester keeps his star status also in modern cartoons.

Since 1995 he played in "Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries", as well as several major Warner Brothers movies (Space Jam, Looney Tunes Back in Action). In 1998, Sylvester and Tweety appeared together on a U.S. postage stamp. Sylvester's cartoons have been seen by generation after generation and will probably continue to be seen for a long time to come. Copiright © 2006-2008 . All rights reserved. Sylvester | Warner Bros Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit First early prototype version of Sylvester Sylvester shows much pride and plenty of envy, and he also never gives up. Despite his pride and persistence, Sylvester was definitely on the "loser" side of the Looney Tunes winner / loser hierarchy. His character is that of Wile E. Coyote , except that ironically Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote as well as Sylvester/Tweety are parodies of Tom and Jerry. In The Wild Chase , Sylvester is paired with Wile E. Coyote while they both try to catch Speedy Gonzales and Road Runner. As usual they both fail.

He shows a different character when paired with Porky Pig in explorations of spooky places, in which he doesn't speak, as a scaredy cat. (In these cartoons, he basically plays the terrified Costello to Porky's oblivious Abbott.) Sylvester's most developed role is as a hapless mouse-catching instructor to his dubious son, Sylvester Junior , in which the "mouse" is a powerful baby kangaroo named " Hippety Hopper ". His alternately confident and bewildered episodes bring his son to shame, while Sylvester himself is reduced to nervous breakdowns. He is often referred to as a putty tat by Tweety and Senor Gringo Pussygato by Speedy Gonzales. His famous catchphrase is "Sufferin' Succotash" which is said to be a minced saying for "Suffering Misses" (Daffy also says it from time to time). Sylvester's trademark is his sloppy, yet stridulating lisp .

In his autobiography, That's Not All Folks!, voice actor Mel Blanc stated that Sylvester's voice is based on that of Daffy Duck , plus the even more slobbery lisp it gets and minus the post-production speed-up that was done with Daffy's. Daffy's lisp, as well as Sylvester's, were based on the lisp of producer Leon Schlesinger . However, Blanc made no such claim. He said that Daffy's lisp was based on him having a long beak, and that he borrowed the voice for Sylvester. He also pointed out that, minus the lisp, Sylvester's voice was fairly close to his own (a claim that his son Noel Blanc has confirmed). In addition, director Bob Clampett , in a 1970 Funnyworld interview , agreed with Blanc's account concerning Schlesinger . To emphasize the lisp, as with Daffy's catchphrase "You're desthpicable", Sylvester's trademark exclamation is "Sufferin' succotash !", which is said to be a minced oath of "Suffering Savior".

(Daffy also says "Sufferin' succotash!" from time to time.) Edit Sylvester first appeared (in his present form) in the 1945 short Life with Feathers , which was directed by Friz Freleng. Although this was his first official appearance, there was a claim that in Notes to You, there was a prototypical version of him. Sylvester's first official appearance with Tweety was in the 1947 short Tweetie Pie where he tries to eat Tweety but gets punished. In the film-shorts, he usually gets clobbered by Granny or Hector the Bulldog whenever he tries to eat Tweety. Other than Tweety, he also chases Speedy Gonzales , but Speedy would cause a pain for him. He also appears with Elmer J. Fudd in some cartoons. The pair's cartoons lasted from 1947 to 1954, shortly before the closure of the Warner Bros. studio. Sylvester and Tweety became one of the most well-known pairings in Looney Tunes, next to Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck . Some of their episodes have won or were nominated for Academy Awards.

Trivia Prior to Sylvester's appearance in the cartoons, Blanc voiced a character of the same name on The Judy Canova Show using the voice that would eventually become associated with the cat. Sylvester once had a black nose, but his nose has since always been red like a Conrad's. Sylvester could be heard in an episode of the game show Press Your Luck . Host Peter Tomarken had earlier incorrectly credited his catchphrase "Suffering Succotash!" to Daffy Duck. Even though all three contestants had correctly answered "Sylvester", they were ruled incorrect. In a segment produced later and edited into the broadcast, Sylvester phoned Tomarken and told him, "Daffy Duck steals from me all the time." This was a joke because Daffy usually says it. In The Looney Tunes Show , Sylvester's appearance has changed in the series. His body is more shorter and slender and his canine teeth are more sharp and prominent making him look more like a housecat. Sylvester is jealous of Tweety because Granny gives him more attention. Sylvester was originally called Thomas. After "Tweety Pie" his name was changed to Sylvester.

Quotes Tweetie Pie Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 2 out of 2 people found the following review useful: The debut of the famous bird and cat duo and a great one from United Kingdom 23 July 2014 There are better Looney Tunes cartoons than the Sylvester and Tweety series but the series is still entertaining and nice to watch. Sylvester and Tweety are not among Looney Tunes' greatest duos, but at least their duo makes sense and doesn't feel odd(unlike Daffy and Speedy). Tweetie Pie signals their debut together- having been seen before solo- and it is a great one and one of their better cartoons. The cruelty of Sylvester/Thomas' owner is a turn-off point, the one character here who you dislike from the get go, but that's a personal nit-pick above all else. The animation is vibrant and detailed and with plenty of bounce, both Tweety and Thomas/Sylvester well and recognisably drawn and Thomas/Sylvester's facial expressions are expressively done. Carl Stalling's music not only is orchestrated beautifully but rhythmically it bursts with character and it gives great energy to the action.

It's not just it sounding nice and that it's action-enhancing but also how well it accompanies the gestures and expressions of the characters and even the sound effects too. The dialogue is sharp and the gags while not surprising are made funny, in some instances hilarious(especially the one with Thomas/Sylvester trying to fly up to the cage via an electric fan), by the interactions between the duo and Thomas/Sylvester's facial expressions. Which like with Wile E. Coyote induces some of the laughs on their own, I don't think the fireplace gag would have worked quite so well without his reaction to that he was burning. Tweetie Pie is violent but actually not in a sadistic or bizarre way that it churns the stomach like the Gene Deitch Tom and Jerry cartoons did. Tweety has the cute- but not too sickly sweet- persona that he is now famous for but he also has shades of the anarchic personality that was given to him in the Bob Clampett outings. But Thomas/Sylvester makes the biggest impression, not just because he has the funniest moments but you also root for him, and this is in general not just here.

He may have a different name and be fatter but the voice and the catchphrase are unmistakable. The two work great together and as aforementioned at the beginning of the review their chemistry makes sense, plus as usual Mel Blanc voices superbly. All in all, a great debut for this bird and mouse duo, one of their best if not their very best. 9/10 Bethany Cox Was the above review useful to you? 2 out of 2 people found the following review useful: You've gotta see this! from Bradenton, Florida 2 September 2009 Before I review TWEETIE PIE, I am going to rant a bit. So, hold on tight and I'll get this over with as quickly as I can. In the history of animated shorts, few would argue that there were any better than those of Warner Brothers in the 1940s and 50s. While some of the MGM and Disney cartoons may have looked better (though all three had wonderful animation), none were as consistently funny and entertaining as the Looney Tunes shorts from Warner. However, oddly, this group of amazing artists won very few Oscars.

Tom and Jerry (which I love), although highly repetitive, did great at the Oscars. And, amazingly, crap like the UPA shorts (with characters like Gerald McBoing-Boing and Mr. Magoo) cleaned up at the Oscars in the 1950s even though the animation quality was light-years behind Warners. Somehow, the Oscar folks did Looney Tunes dirty again and again...and I have no idea why. Perhaps they just thought that their cartoons weren't artsy enough or hated that they were intended for the common person out there. Now, despite my rant, on occasion the Academy got it right--such as in the case of TWEETIE PIE. This is exactly the type of short that usually didn't win, as it was funny and extremely sadistic--two things necessary for a great short!! While some even better shorts by Looney Tunes have been ignored (such as the amazing FEED THE KITTY and CANNED FEUD), at least here they got it right. This is the first pairing of Sylvester and Tweetie, though the cat is called 'Thomas' in this short.

Still, it worked well and the combination seemed like a natural--with this first pairing actually being one of their best, if not the best. Great animation, great humor and a generous sprinkling of violence--this is one wonderful Oscar-winning cartoon. Was the above review useful to you? 5 out of 8 people found the following review useful: The beginning of a dull series which smothered the potential of two previously great characters from Lincoln, England 1 October 2008 The fateful cartoon that first paired up Sylvester and Tweety, Friz Freleng's 'Tweetie Pie' is the template for the entire series. Originating the "kiss the little birdy" routine and the furniture stacking bit as well as several other standards, 'Tweetie Pie' is now impossible to separate from the cartoons that followed it. A good cartoon whose impact has been diminished by the number of times Freleng rehashed the material in future Tweety cartoons, 'Tweetie Pie' is notable for a few other reasons. It was the first Warner Bros. short to win an Oscar. It also marked the moment when director Bob Clampett's Tweety character was passed over to Freleng.

Clampett's Tweety was a wonderful, anarchic and shockingly violent little naked baby bird who appeared in three cartoons. When Freleng decided to use Tweety in a Sylvester cartoon, studio boss Leon Schlesinger opposed the idea, insisting that he use the Woodpecker character from earlier cartoon 'Peck Up Your Troubles' instead. Freleng stormed out of the studio, effectively quitting over the argument until Schlesinger folded and called him up telling him to do it his way. The rest is history. Finally, Sylvester is called Thomas in this cartoon, Freleng's way of acknowledging the influence of the classic Tom and Jerry cartoons on 'Tweetie Pie'. A simple cat and canary cartoon set in a house, 'Tweetie Pie' has more interesting stories related to it than its actual interest level as a cartoon warrants. For all its importance in animation history, I always just think of 'Tweetie Pie' as the moment Tweety went from fantastic anarchic baby bird to insufferable cutie pie canary and also the moment when the brilliant Sylvester got shackled to this doe-eyed annoyance for the rest of his career! Was the above review useful to you?

6 out of 10 people found the following review useful: Animal Abuse from United States 19 April 2007 If you watch a number of these Tweety and Sylvester cartoons you'll notice the two stars with different owners. "Granny" is the usual owner of Tweetie, but not always. Here, in this cartoon we see a woman who already owns Sylvester, taking in Tweetie whom she thinks is an abandoned bird. She calls our cat here "Thomas," too, and she's a nasty woman. She would be reported for animal abuse, in this day and age, as she constantly beats Sylvester with a broom. This gets off to a good start as Tweetie is outside freezing in the show. Sylvester is hidden inside a snow man waiting for the right time. That comes along quickly and Sylvester jumps out, puts on his snow shoes and starts stalking the little bird. When he pounces, he grabs the little heater that Tweety was using to get warm, instead of the bird. A second try succeeds, but the cat's owner comes out and demands to know what he's hiding inside his paws. She winds up taking in the bird.

The rest of the cartoon is the standard material of the cat trying to catch the bird who is in his cage way up in the ceiling. This was passable but I didn't care for the beatings "Thomas" took from the owner. I understand this was the first pairing of the two main characters, so it explains why we see different names and different owners. I'm glad "Granny" took over from this woman and Sylvester didn't have to hang around this house for too long. Was the above review useful to you? 1 out of 1 people found the following review useful: The beginning of a classic cartoon pairing! 6 August 2007 *** This review may contain spoilers *** "Tweetie Pie" is an excellent Tweety/Sylvester cartoon with interesting origins. Prior to the making of this film, director Friz Freleng paired Sylvester with a woodpecker in a couple of cartoons and decided that he was ultimately going to replace the woodpecker with Tweety. Eddie Selzer, who somehow became the head of the Warner Bros. cartoon department at this time, insisted that Freleng use the woodpecker, but Freleng held his ground and insisted on using Tweety.

As Freleng later recalled, the argument persisted to the point where he gave Selzer his pencil and walked out, telling him to do the cartoon himself! Selzer later coaxed Freleng to return to the studio and make the cartoon the way Freleng intended, using Tweety. Freleng did, and the irony of it all is that the resulting cartoon, "Tweetie Pie," won an Academy Award! (In this particular cartoon, the big, ugly cat who ultimately became known as Sylvester is named Thomas, and Tweety's name is actually spelled T-W-E-E-T-I-E. Since I always like to be true to character names, I shall refer to these two characters as Thomas and Tweetie.) Highlights from "Tweetie Pie" include the following. While Thomas comes down the chimney, Tweetie grabs a hugs pile of logs and lights a fire; although it's predictable, Thomas' reaction to his rear end ablaze is funny! Thomas saws a hole in the roof over Tweetie's birdcage, but the cage remains still and Thomas comes tumbling down with the roof!

(It may actually be funnier to freeze-frame this scene on your DVD player so as to witness Thomas' horrified reaction while falling from the roof.) Thomas covers Tweetie in a drinking glass, so that Tweetie's yelling, cymbals, bass drum, and trumpet cannot be heard; he gets out of his predicament soon enough, though. Thomas attaches an electric fan to his waist, thereby flying him in the air so as to reach Tweetie's birdcage, but his plan backfires when he looks below and sees Tweetie about to pull the plug; Carl Stalling's accompanying music brilliantly accentuates Thomas shaking his head and Tweetie nodding his head. "Tweetie Pie" is such a great cartoon! In this film, Tweetie actually has larger jowls and is much more of an active tomboy (as introduced in a few earlier cartoons by director Bob Clampett) than he is in his later cartoons directed by Friz Freleng. You can find "Tweetie Pie" on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2 Disc 3, with an additional commentary by filmmaker Greg Ford and a brief audio clip of Friz Freleng. Was the above review useful to you?

1 out of 1 people found the following review useful: Oscar-winning cartoon from United States 30 March 2003 The first pairing of Tweety Bird and Sylvester was also an Oscar winner. Quick, violent and absolutely hilarious. And every time I hear Tweety say "I tawt I taw a puddy tat" I break up. Well worth catching. Also the print I saw had bright, vivid color. TCM usually shows this around Oscar time--look for it! Was the above review useful to you? 2 out of 3 people found the following review useful: The first of Both Kinds! from Your Critic of Critics 12 November 2002 This is not only the first Sylvester and Tweety short but the first Warner Bros. animated short to win an Oscar! The Oscar was well deserved and long over-due. I must point out that perhaps Friz Freleng's inspiration for this duo was Tom and Jerry. In a way this short resembles the first Tom and Jerry short. However this short is WAY better then the first Tom and Jerry short! Also if you think about it Sylvester and Tweety are basically Tom and Jerry's competition but in my opinion there is no winner!

Now what I find unique about this short is that the characters are already fully developed! Then again this isn't the first Sylvester or Tweety short. They had already been introduced before. However, this is the first short where Tweety is fully developed. While Sylvester however, is a unique character cause since his first appearance he was already fully developed. 4(****)out of 4(****)stars from The Gutters of Baltimore 31 October 2015 *** This review may contain spoilers *** . . . for Chicken McNugget Happy Meals to feed America's tots (not to be confused with "Tater Tots," which COULD be vegan, depending upon which cooking oil is used). The black house cat featured in TWEETY PIE is called "Thomas" several times by his mistress. Though most of this story takes place indoors, Thomas eats the first-shown yellow bird (hence, the title TWEETY PIE--along the lines of a chicken pot pie--instead of a label such as TWEETY BIRD) during the opening wintry scene. As any bird watcher knows, 90% of birds within a given species are virtually identical, within their male and female groupings.

Seen one sea gull, seen them all. Heard one mallard quack, heard them all. Clearly, Warner Bros.' animators intended TWEETY PIE to show kids that they could eat one--or one hundred--feathered friends, and there would still be plenty more available from where those critters consumed came. McNuggets may not have been on McDonald's menu when TWEETY PIE was first released, but they were sure a lot closer to becoming a reality after Tom the Cat had shown what a convenience-type food birds could be, cooked or raw. Tom plops Tweety the First into his mouth, no Fuss, no Muss. Obviously, Tweety's mistress is hankering after succulent little bird bits herself, since she's so intent on keeping Tom away from her food stock so she can personally sample Tweety the Second. Bon Apetit! say the Brothers Warner. Was the above review useful to you? "I did! I did taw a putty tat!" from USA 29 December 2014 The first short to pair Sylvester & Tweety was also the first short to win an Oscar for Warner Bros, breaking the streak MGM had going thanks to Tom & Jerry.

Which is interesting because, in some ways, the Sylvester & Tweety series was very similar to Tom & Jerry. At least in terms of the basic structure of a cat chasing after a cute little critter. Also, the cat being named Thomas and the human woman who scolds the cat and hits him with a broom are other similarities in this first entry. Obviously there's much more to both series that separates them but there seemed to be something about this premise they both had in common that pleased Oscar voters back then as Tom & Jerry won a bunch of them and Sylvester & Tweety won a couple. The story here is pretty basic. Sylvester (called Thomas here) catches Tweety outside in the snow. But before he can eat the bird, his owner catches him and brings adorable little Tweety inside. This doesn't stop the cat, who tries repeatedly to get at the bird with comical results. Tweety is much more aggressive (and Jerry-like) in defending himself against Sylvester in this first short. This is a good start to a series that would get much better once Sylvester developed his own personality and Tweety's was fleshed out some more.

As it is, it's a funny short with nice animation, music, and voicework. I'm not sure it deserved the Oscar win but the Academy probably wanted to give a win to someone besides MGM or Disney that year and WB's Looney Tunes were screwed out of wins many other times. Was the above review useful to you? 1 out of 2 people found the following review useful: First teaming of Sylvester and Tweety takes an Oscar. from Tucson AZ 24 April 2001 Move over, Gallagher and Sheen, Laurel and Hardy, Abbott ans Costello, Lunt and Fontaine: it's Sylvester and Tweety! In a pairing so obvious as to be almost automatic, Tweety and Sylvester meet up for the first time and take the prize-Oscar, of course. One of the better ones, this pairing is perfect. Highly Recommended. Was the above review useful to you? Page 1 of 2:

Question: Which cat spends most of his time chasing Tweety Pie?
Answer: Sylvester.